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@iansainsbury - thankyou & thanks for contacting dev. would be great to have an enlarged chord library, although will probably stick to the acoustic guitar version which potentially is a very useful app.- the guitar sounds very nice.Would also like more finger-style patterns & a nylon string version.....greedy me.@JMSexton ah see what you mean .. thanks
At next meeting the Dev says he will put chord tabs on the table also.
Does the chord list contain m7b5? If so, it might be interesting to substitute, say, F#m7b5 for Am6, as the brain cell that handles all my music theory is telling me that Am6 is also the first inversion of F#m7b5. It'll probably muck up the voice leading a bit, but it might work.
@PaulB I was going to say the same thing regarding the m7b5 vs m6 especially if the app gives you the slash chord option to pick a different bass note such as F#m7b5/A. Like you said the voice leading might be a little weird
@PaulB No m7b5 Mainly min/maj up to 9ths, sus chords, and dominants. That's in Acoustic sessionband. Jazz has many more varieties of chords. Piano has dim + same chords as acoustic.
This inability to expand beyond what's included is why I avoid pre-recorded loop players.
Yeah, Jazz version has m7b5 chords. It shows in some of the photos on their website.
where else do you get a complete set of chord-based loops tho..... that's the point about these new apps? the only thing Ive got that comes close is the Songwriters Companion download (sony) (Leo Covello) which is great but nowhere near a complete set. So inevitably if you are songwriting you end up transposing in protools and that's so obvious. I am using these apps for content rather the player (tho thats pretty good too)...a huge set of chord based loops. Heaven!
you can get the sony download at SoundToSample but be warned its 40 quid and from what I can hear, the acoustic version of SB is on a par audio-wise. Cheers
Couldn't you also use a dominant 9th to substitute the m7b5 or m6? I'm sure not in every case.
I know it's a midi player rather than sample loops, but Yamaha's Mobile Music Sequencer gives you loads of music patterns in many different styles, huge choice of chords, plus if you are missing anything, you can just record your own patterns, lead lines, etc. Just flagging up another potential tool for song writing.
@mgmg4871 No. Am6 and F#m7b5 both consist of A, C, E and F#. Dom 9th of A is E9, which consists of E, G#, B and D. Dom 9th of F# is D9 which is better, consisting of A, C, E and F#, but it also has a D (obviously), which completely throws things, being the root.
OK, here's my first track made with this app.
The app sounds amazing and is fairly easy to use if you read through the help. I was disappointed with the limited chord choices, especially for a jazz app. There are seriously only 10 chords available, so if you tend to color outside the lines like I do, you may find this app frustrating. If you stick to standard progressions, you might be alright.
I failed to refresh before posting, so now I see that the limited chord choices is old news
@PaulB Thanks. It was the D9 I was referring too. Of course the root note is different. I just thought in some cases it might work.
Probably, unless doing something like A6, D7, G, in which case substituting D9 weakens the progression quite a bit.
Ok Thanks. I can see how that would weaken progression repeating the bass note.
Actually, it's easy to get hung up on stuff like this. The beauty of apps like this one is that you can try things out. If you like the result, use it, if not, change it.
Very true. I really like this app, and will use it within its bounds. I don't think a chord takes away from its usefulness. Songs have been made with 2 chords.
@mgmg4871 I really like it too, but the first chord I tried to place was an Am6 and it couldn't handle it! Agreed, songs have been made with two chords, but in a jazz app I expected the full palette.
Anybody compare this to the iReal B app? Also, can it export charts in MusicXML format?
@GovernorSilver There is no import functionality. You can save and share a "SessionBand Tracks" file, but it seems the only way to import it is to use "Open in..." from email.
@iClifDotMe Not import, export. So I could export something that can be loaded into Notion so that I can then write a jazz etude.
It just exports audio.
Shame about that. Looks like iReal B is still better for what I want.
@GovernorSilver oops, obviously misread
Well, after some experimenting, I've asked for a refund. The dev pointed out that there is a list of the chords available on the App Store, but once I'd seen 13#11 I just assumed there'd be 6ths. First refund I've ever asked for...it just seems incomplete to me.
Nows the time to get it.....huge sale...£0.69/$0.99
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sessionband-jazz-edition/id656630704?mt=8
@JMSexton actually email addresses can be case sensitive depending on how the server is set up, they just shouldn't be.
Ok, I thought I'd have a play and see just how limiting and incomplete this app can be. What I found was that if you want to do anything a little interesting with the phrase lengths, the sax part soon runs into trouble, but the piano and drums cope like troopers. So, I abandoned the sax player and went cross country, so to speak. I also decided to limit myself even further with the choice of chord types (no minor 6th? Pah!). Anyone how wants to suggest how many chord types I ended up using is welcome to do so.
Anyhow, here's the result. (I found myself a string section to replace the saxophonist.)